Job Opportunities after studying Journalism and Mass Communication.

Mass communication and journalism is a very interesting and intriguing subject. There are so many institutes in India where one can get into a postgraduate level course on Mass Communication easily, though there are only a few colleges offering Journalism and mass communication at undergraduate level. This is the subject where the students get a chance to learn about verbal and nonverbal communication, technical communication, business communication etc and the elements of communication. Besides, they learn about News reading, journalism, news writing, film making, photography, videography, social science and so many other things.

Criteria for getting job

There are opportunities for students after passing out their Bachelor's degree in journalism, but the scope is very limited. In most of the cases they get to work as interns or trainees. But, after pursuing Master’s on the same subject, there opens up numerous scopes and opportunities. So, it's better to go for the MA course to get a good job. Besides, students with some additional skills like photography, videography, Video editing, creative writing, and acting are more suitable for getting quality job opportunities.

Job opportunities

Journalism opens up a large range of variety in case of job opportunities. The following sectors do welcome Mass communication students in a huge number every year. This is a subject of passion and in case of selecting a job, the students get much scope to follow their passions.

• News Media

This is the prime job sector for the students of Mass communication. A significant number of students get into Mass Communication for their passion towards News Media. And media doesn’t only mean news reading, but it includes news writing, critical analysis, bureaucratic research and so many other segments on different sectors like politics, entertainment, sports, economics etc.

• Field Journalism

People who love to work hard and work in challenging situations, this is the appropriate job opportunity for them. Almost all the media houses need field journalists, so there is a huge scope as well.

• Film Making

Throughout the course, the students get a chance to learn about films and filmmaking. So, people passionate about film making can opt for this course and play any role in film making they want to.

• Advertising

It's a very large industry and there are only a few people who really become experts at creating advertisements. But, one who gets into it, never looks back. Mass communication students are always welcomed in this sector.

Besides, the students also get scope to work as teacher, researcher, photographer, videographer, HR, web mentor and so on.